Universal protector bar



C; E. CHILSON UNIVERSAL PROTECTOR BAR Dec. Z2 1925.

Filed Feb. 13, 1925 Q a www Patented ec. 22, 1925.

- UNlTE STATES CLAUDE E. CHILSON, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK.

UNIVERSAL PROTECTOR BAR.

Application filed February 13, 1925.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE. E. CHILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Chemung and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Universal Protector Bars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention appertains to motor vehicles and more particularly to a novel attachment for wrecking or repair cars to facilitate the hauling of a disabled automobile or `the like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel protecting bar for forming a part of the crane of a wrecking car, the bar being so constructed and associated with the crane and wrecking car inl such a manner as to hold the automobile being towed against possible injury incident to the travel of the wrecking car.

Another object of the invention is to provide a protector bar which is universal in 'its nature so as to permit the automobile being towed to readily track behind the wrecking car and to give relative to the wrecking car during the travel of the wrecking car and vehicle lieing towed. over a rough roadway.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a universal protector bar associated with a. wrecking car below the lifting crane and movable relative to the crane both in a horizontal and vertical plane, the outer end of the bar terminating in rear of the rear end of the crane for insuring the proper spacing of the disabled automobile from the crane to prevent injury to the disabled vehicle such as the breaking of the windshield and the like, the crane carrying a swivel hoisting hook for engaging the grappling chains of the disabled car movable in a vertical plane toward and away from the wrecking car whereby movement of the disabled automobile is allowed incident to the starting and stopping of the wrecking car.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an improved device of the above character, which will be durable and efficient in use, one that will be simple and easy to manufacture and one which can be incorporated with a wrecking car at a small cost.

With these anti other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction,

Serial No. 8,997.

rection of the arrows and illustrating the universal bar in plan.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top plan View of the rear end of the lifting crane illustrating the means of associating one of the hoisting pulleys therewith.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views the letter A generally indicates a crane of a wrecking car B which can be of the standard or conventional construction and C the novel universal protector bar C therefor. i

As stated the crane is of the usual construction and embodies the rearwardly extending arcuate arms 5 which gradually converge toward one another at their rear ends. As shown the rear terminal of the arcuate supporting arms 5 are connected by a bridge piece 6 which supports the shaft or bolt 7 for the hoisting pulley 8. By this construction the pulley 8 is permitted to swing in an arc transversely of the crane. The arcuate arms 5 can be braced by supporting standards 9 of any desired construction and which can be secured to the chassis of the wrecking car in any desired way.

The improved universal protector bar G embodies a swinging yoke l() which is arranged transversely of the frame and this yoke can either be connected with any preferred part of the chassis of the vehicle or directly with the crane. As shown the supporting standards 9 are provided with transversely alined bearings 11 for the reception of a transverse shaft l2 on which is journaled the terminals of the yoke 10. By this construction it can be seen that the yoke is permitted to swing in a vertical plane. The central portion of the swinging yoke 10 is bent at right angles as at 13 to lie in a horizontal plane and the inner end of the bar C is twisted in a like manner and pivotally connected thereto by means of a vertical shaft or pivot pin lll. By this ar- Y rangementit can be seen that the bar is permitted to swing in a horizontal plane. This bar C can be constructed in any preferred `way such'as from a casting or the like, but

as shown the same is formed from a pair of y abuttingystraps 15 which can be riveted or.

otherwise secured together. The outer Vends `of these straps 15 are bowed in oppositev directions lto provide a yoke 16 in which is litted a guide pulley 17. vThis pulley 17 is mounted for rotation onV a transverse Shaft 18 y which. kalso supports the depending VU- shapedY olevis 19 for rockingy movement. VThis clevis l`19 is permittedk to swing toward and away from vthe vwrecking car.

y lIher lower end of the olevis has 'swiveled thereto the Vhoisting hook 20 which is adapted to engage i Y theusual grappling chains connectedV with the disabled vehicle. Y

The hoisting cable 21 of the .crane A has one endsecured to the crane adjacent to the hoistingfpulleywhile its oppositeend is trained about theY hoisting` drum (not shown) in the usualwmanner. The intermediatej portion off-the'cable is trained about 'the pulleysS land 17 in amanner clearly 'shownfin Figure lof thedrawngs.

The novel universal protector bar .C is

l-lpermanently-1 connectedwith the crane or Awre'ckingcar so that Jthe hook20 Ycarried thereby can be aty joneel connected with the usual eye ofthe grappling chains commonly vusedfor the car, Awhich is tobe towed, thereby eliminatingthe use of extraneous bars andthev likev and the diiiculty contingent with the placing of such extraneous bars and the like in place.

In use of the improved device the hook 2() i vthe car is prevented.l t

Owing to the universal character of` the bar C the disabled vehicle is'permitted to readilytrack behindthe wrecking car and move relative ,to thel wreckingcar incident to the travel of the Wrecking car and disabled vehicle over a rough roadway.`

`Changes in details may .be made without departing fromthe spirit or scope of the'in- 4 vention, but; c

Vhat I claim as new is: v The combination *withy a vertical bracket,

yof a pair of bearings carried thereby, a shaft I,

re-volublein the bearings, a U-shaped member having its ends fixed to the'shaftfand provided with a flattened portion intermedit ate its ends, an' arm 'pivoted .to the; flattened portionto swing" about a horizontal axis, .ya

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pulley journaled in the outer-end ofthe arm, y

la hook depending fromfthe outer end ofthe arm, and disposed below the pulley and flexible means engaged withthe pulley vwhereby to raise or lower the arm,`

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 2S' CLAUDE EL CHILSON. v 

